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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Ariel has had 'M' as a friend forever, and Niki soon came to the group. And they are BFFs FOREVER! Things change when the girls hit their 8th grade year. Ariel think she is the laughing stock of the year when she trips in front of the whole school on the first day. But then people start acting all nice and sympathetic to her and she doesn't know why. Luckily Ariel has her baking. She cooks when she is nervous and her friends are always willing to be her guinea pigs. But is it enough to deal with the upcoming problems? Something is up with Niki, and M is on the point of a breakdown. The girls think they fixed M's problem, but they made it worse. A lot worse. For all of them. Will they ever survive this friendship crisis?

The Crepe Maker's Bond was an entertaining novel. I felt that I could truly relate it. I was familiar with all the emotional things that Ariel was facing. In middle school friends are tough and you don't often know where they stand. Another delicious thing about this book was that they had little recipes pertaining to that chapter. I tried one and I was a huge hit in my family! The only problem I had was with the ending. It was predictable and a bit too 'happily ever after'. All in all this is a book you should read.

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LitPick.com and Flamingnet.com are worldwide networks of preteen and teen book reviewers. The websites offer book reviews written by young adults on young adult books.
Flamingnet was started in 2002 by Seth Cassel (Harvard '13) and his father, Gary Cassel. They continue to manage Flamingnet, along with the help of a dedicated staff and many adult volunteers located all over the world. In 2011, Seth Cassel and a team of fellow students at Harvard College developed LitPick.com. LitPick improves upon the Flamingnet concept and functionality, especially as a social network for young adult readers and as an opportunity for students to review the ever-expanding number of new eBooks that are becoming available to young adult readers.
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